noun

1. 1. a woman, esp. a young woman, who has never had sexual intercourse
   2. an unmarried girl or woman
2. a man, esp. a youth, who has never had sexual intercourse
3. Informal a person who is entirely new to or inexperienced in a specified thing a stock market virgin
4. Zool.
   1. a female animal that has not copulated
   2. a female insect that lays eggs without impregnation by the male

Etymology: ME < OFr virgine < L virgo (gen. virginis), maiden: ? akin to virga, slender branch, twig, shoot

adjective

1. being a virgin
2. composed of virgins
3. characteristic of or proper to a virgin; chaste; modest
4. like or suggesting a virgin because untouched, unmarked, pure, clean, etc. virgin snow
5. up to this time unused, unexplored, unworked, undiscovered, etc. a virgin forest
6. occurring uncombined in its native form virgin silver
7. being the first; initial a virgin effort
8. 1. obtained from the first pressing, without the use of heat: said of an oil, esp. olive oil
   2. obtained directly from an ore or raw material: said esp. of a metal
9. made without alcohol: said of a drink otherwise prepared like a cocktail a virgin piña colada